Precipitate

**Prof. Dr. Sinsi** · 07-22-2012

precipitate
adjective1

done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"[syn: hasty]
noun1

a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
verb1

bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"2

separate as a fine suspension of solid particles3

fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"4

fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"5

hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"

07-22-2012	#1
Prof. Dr. Sinsi	Precipitate precipitate adjective1done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"[syn: hasty] noun1a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering verb1bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"2separate as a fine suspension of solid particles3fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"4fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"5hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"